Careful Words

melting (n.)

melting (adj.)

Here the heart

May give a useful lesson to the head,

And Learning wiser grow without his books.

William Cowper (1731-1800): The Task. Book vi. Winter Walk at Noon. Line 85.

He hath a tear for pity, and a hand

Open as day for melting charity.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 4.

I took by the throat the circumcised dog,

And smote him, thus.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Othello. Act v. Sc. 2.